Adobe FRAMEMAKER 10 - Color statements

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MIF Reference
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Color
You can assign colors to text and objects in a FrameMaker document. A FrameMaker document has a set of default
colors; you can also define your own colors and store them in the document’s Color Catalog. A FrameMaker
document has three color models you can use to create colors: CMYK, RGB, and HLS. You can also choose inks from
installed color libraries such as PANTONE
®
.
In a MIF file, colors are defined by a
Color statement within a ColorCatalog statement. Regardless of the color
model used to define a new color, colors are stored in a MIF file in CMYK.
You can define a color as a tint of an existing color. Tints are colors that are mixed with white. A tint is expressed by
the percentage of the base color that is printed or displayed. A tint of 100% is equivalent to the pure base color, and
a tint of 0% is equivalent to no color at all.
You can specify overprinting for a color. However, if overprinting is set for a graphic object, the object’s setting takes
precedence. When a graphic object has no overprint statement, the overprint setting for the color is assumed.
You can set up color views to specify which colors are visible in a document. The color views for a document are
specified in the
Views statement. The current view for the document is identified in a DCurrentView statement.
The color of a FrameMaker document object is expressed in a property statement for that object. In this manual, the
syntax description of a FrameMaker document object that can have a color property includes the appropriate color
property substatement.
ColorCatalog statement
The ColorCatalog statement defines the contents of the Color Catalog. A document can have only one Color-
Catalog
statement, which must appear at the top level in the order given in “MIF file layout” on page 52.
FrameMaker 9 automatically generates new colors while specific operations are performed. For example,
FrameMaker generates new colors when multiple conditional tags are applied to text. These colors are identified by
their
ColorTag, which contains the prefix “fm_gen_”.
Syntax
Color statement
The Color statement defines a color. It must appear within the ColorCatalog statement. Note that MIF version 5.5
and later supports multiple color libraries. The
ColorPantoneValue statement has been replaced by the ColorFam-
ilyName
and ColorInkName statements.
Syntax
<ColorCatalog
<Color…>
Defines a color (see “Color statement,” next)
<Color…>
Additional statements as needed
…
>
End of ColorCatalog statement
<Color
<ColorTag tagstring >
Color tag name